dissemble

“This Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims — to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts,” Rufe wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026

But most of us had come to expect our leaders to duck, deal and dissemble until it would be too late.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

Decks of cards propagate, fly, dissemble and reconstitute after being shredded.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022

The motormouthed Francie turns to the audience with asides and misdirections that dissemble as much as they reveal.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2022

The obvious suggestions have been made—displace, transmute, dissemble.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Evgeny dissembles: “Nothing. It is perhaps the fragrant scent of a passing track team.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Looking at the tape of her statement, it is remarkable how smoothly she dissembles.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2019

It felt like a startlingly on-the-nose metaphor for the strange act of going about routine tasks while the world dissembles.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 3, 2017

Sure, she compromises, she sometimes dissembles and at times her judgment has been flawed.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2016

True it is only one among the multitude of phenomena behind which the Veiled Being dissembles himself.

From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by William Archer

And Mr. Bankman-Fried, who had testified during the trial in his own defense, had repeatedly dissembled and dodged questions, Mr. Roos said.

From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

As is evidently his habit, Walker dissembled, while throwing in some incomprehensible commentary.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2022

He was said to have dissembled when people on the call asked about whether repeat shop lifters or people who commit assaults without a weapon would be prosecuted and face jail terms.

From Fox News ● Jan. 20, 2022

Politicians have exaggerated and dissembled since time immemorial, including in their email dispatches.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2021

She dissembled her disappointment as best she could, seeking excuses.

From The Salamander by Owen Johnson

This fits his dissembling about his reason for vetoing the tax-credit bill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

But altogether, the scope of his lying certainly seems to go beyond dishonesty or dissembling for monetary gain alone.

From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2023

I often found myself sympathizing with the chorus members, who were blessed with some of Puts’s most compelling music but burdened with constantly assembling and dissembling the set.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2022

Anansi and Br’er Rabbit get their way through clever dissembling, despite being smaller and physically weaker than their compatriots; conjurers use sorcery and a knowledge of their more literal roots: herbal medicine.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2021

“Ah well,” I said, dissembling, “perhaps I exaggerate. If they return we shall have a fine dowry for our daughter, and that is indeed a good thing.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya